trcsmshw - 8th Grade Homework

Due Date	Assignment
9/10/12	Welcome back! Today, students must have complete their summer reading books (ELA and Science).
9/10/12	Bring in school supplies
9/14/12	Complete summer reading project. Students will be sharing their projects in class.
9/24/12	Reading Log Due
9/28/12	"Hairs" Modeling Assignment Due Figurative Language Study Guide.doc Details Download 26 KB
10/1/12	Chapter Titles Due Chapter Title worksheet.doc Details Download 31 KB
10/2/12	Reading Logs Due
10/2/12	Figurative Language Quiz Figurative Language Study Guide.doc Details Download 26 KB
10/5/12	First Draft of Autobiographical Incident Due
10/9/12	Reading Log is due
10/9/12	Signed Progress Report is due
10/9/12	Bring Post Its and Roundtable textbook to ELA
10/10/12	5 questions for shared inquiry due (will be started in class on 10/9/12) Shared Inquiry First Reading.doc Details Download 60 KB
10/12/12	Autobiographical Incident 2nd draft is due Autobiographical Incident.doc Details Download 25 KB Cluster Chart.doc Details Download 29 KB
10/23/12	Read chapters 4-5 of Copper Sun
10/24/12	Vocabulary Worksheet due
10/26/12	Read chapter 6 Copper Sun
10/30/12	Autobiographical Incident Final Draft Due
10/30/12	Vocabulary and chapter 1-6 quiz for Copper Sun Vocabulary Words: Acrid, Fetid, Insubordination, Consternation, Coffle, Defilement, Surmised, Palpable, Addlepated, Doddering
11/7/12	Copper Sun quiz on vocabulary and chapters 1-15
11/8/12	Read Copper Sun chapters 16-20
11/8/12	Reading log due
11/19/12	Reading Log Due
11/19/12	Complete Reading Copper Sun
11/20/12	Essay Outline Due
11/21/12	On Demand Essay Due
12/3/12	Reading Log Due
12/4/12	Rensizzle stories due (at least 1 page)
12/6/12	Research and print out an article on a topic that interests you. Write a one paragraph summary of the article. Use the ABCs of summary writing (see your notes)
12/6/12	Last day to turn in any missing work before progress reports are printed
12/10/12	Reading Logs are due
12/10/12	Signed progress reports are due
12/12/12	Vocabulary for Songcatcher article-write an interview with someone you admire
12/13/12	Read a paragraph from "Kabul's Singing Sensation", write a main idea and the supporting details from the paragraph
12/14/12	801-Revised Copper Sun essay due
12/14/12	Summary for "Kabul's Singing Sensation"
12/17/12	802-Revised Copper Sun essay due
1/2/13	Reading Log Due
1/3/13	Revise PB and J Quickwrites
1/4/13	Read "Guide to Computers" and answer questions in the margins
1/7/13	Reading Logs Due
1/7/13	"Do the Research" Due
1/11/13	Procedural Text graphic organizer due
1/14/13	Final Essay Due Procedure Essay.docx Details Download 134 KB
1/14/13	Final Draft of Parts 1 and 2 due
1/15/13	Final Draft of Part 3 is due
1/15/13	Reading Log due
2/4/13	(802) Reading Log Due: Write a response to the bullying that occurs in the novel. Why is Junior bullied and what is his reaction to the bullying? Can you relate/make a connection to his situation? How was your reaction the same or different that Junior's?
2/4/13	Activity: Who would have been if someone had paid attention to their dreams.
2/4/13	Read pages 32-66
2/6/13	Read pages 67-81
2/8/13	(801) Reading Log Due: Write a response to the bullying that occurs in the novel. Why is Junior bullied and what is his reaction to the bullying? Can you relate/make a connection to his situation? How was your reaction the same or different that Junior's?
2/11/13	(802) Reading Log due
2/11/13	Read pages 82-103
2/12/13	Persuasive Essay graphic organizer due
2/13/13	1st draft of persuasive essay due
2/14/13	Read pages 104-115
2/14/13	(801) Reading log due
2/25/13	(802) Reading log due-Choose a discussion question from the back of the book
2/25/13	Complete reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian__
2/25/13	Discussion questions due (on loose leaf)
3/1/13	Revised introduction and body paragraph Body Paragraph Outline and Model.docx Details Download 14 KB
3/1/13	(801) Reading log due-Choose a discussion question from the back of the book
3/11/13	(802) Reading log due
3/13/13	Revised generalizations
3/14/13	Short response prewrite
3/15/13	(801) Reading log due
3/18/13	(802) Reading log due
3/18/13	Song analysis-Choose a stanza from your favorite song. Analyze sound devices, figurative devices, mood, tone, imagery, and structure for how they convey a poem's meaning
3/22/13	(801) Reading log due
3/22/13	Analysis of "A word is dead" and "Cynthia in the Snow"
4/2/13	Sound Device Poem due
4/2/13	Interim Assessment Unit 1 and 2
4/4/13	Analysis of "The Courage That My Mother Had"
4/8/13	Poetry Quiz (know all poetry including mood and tone, be able to write an analysis of a poem studied in class)
4/8/13	(802) Reading Log
4/12/13	(801) Reading Log
4/22/13	Poetry analysis matrix
4/23/13	Research another nonsense poem and complete a sound device chart
4/24/13	Reading log due
4/26/13	Nonsense poem due
4/29/13	Poetry contest poem due (must be typed and 20 lines or less)
4/30/13	Poetry handbook due 8th Grade Poetry Handbook Final Project.docx Details Download 14 KB Handouts for 8th Grade Poetry Handbook.docx Details Download 14 KB Table of Contents 8th Grade.docx Details Download 13 KB
4/30/13	Poetry presentation (must be memorized)
5/6/13	(802) Reading Logs due
5/8/13	Literary Element handout update (first two columns)
5/9/13	Read "The Lottery" and take directed notes (+ when the character seems excited or confidence, and - when the character seems nervous)
5/10/13	Shared Inquiry notes for "The Lottery": 6 quotes with inferences
6/6/13	Copper Sun Found Poe,
6/7/13	Reading log due
6/11/13	Found Poems (student reflection) due
6/19/13	Book return